Tyrannophasma
| Tyrannophasma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Mantophasmatodea |
| Family: | Mantophasmatidae |
| Genus: | Tyrannophasma Zompro, 2003[1] |
| Species: | T. gladiator
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannophasma gladiator Zompro, 2003
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Tyrannophasma is a genus of insects in the family Mantophasmatidae. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species Tyrannophasma gladiator, which is endemic to the Brandberg Massif of central Namibia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Zompro, O., Adis, J., Bragg, P. E., Naskrecki, P., Meakin, K., Wittneben, M., et al. (2003). A new genus and species of Mantophasmatidae (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia, with notes on behaviour. Cimbebasia 19: 13-24.
- ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike D.; Buder, Gerda (2008). "Phylogeny of the Heelwalkers (Insecta: Mantophasmatodea) based on mtDNA sequences, with evidence for additional taxa in South Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2). Elsevier BV: 443–462. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.026. ISSN 1055-7903.
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